Geosesarma is genus of small freshwater or terrestrial crabs, typically less than 10 mm (0.4 in) across the carapace.[2] They live and reproduce on land with the larval stages inside the egg. They are found from India,[3] through Southeast Asia, to the Solomon Islands and Hawaii.[2]
In the pet trade, they are sometimes called vampire crabs. This has nothing to do with their feeding habits, but rather with the bright, contrastingly yellow eyes of some Geosesarma species.[4]
^Peter Davie (2012). "Geosesarma de Man, 1892". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
^ abHartnoll, Richard G. (1998). "Evolution, systematics, and geographical distribution". In Warren W. Burggren; Brian R. McMahon (eds.). Biology of the Land Crabs. Cambridge University Press. pp. 6–54. ISBN 9780521306904.
^Pati, S. K.; Dev Roy, M. K.; Sharma, R. M. "Freshwater crabs" (PDF). Checklist of Indian fauna. Zoological Survey of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
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